impeachment

     

Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative boy to remove a government official without that official's agreement. The second stage is conviction.

Trivia about impeachment

  • It's paired with conviction in Article II, Section 4, & unpopular presidents start to hear talk of it
  • At the instigation of Rep. John Minor Botts, Tyler was the first pres. to have this type of resolution aimed at him
  • Article II section 2 allows the president to grant pardons except in cases of this, to which section 4 makes him liable
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Libary in Little Rock, AR.) This exhibit, "The Fight for Power," covers the events of this process done to Clinton & only Andrew Johnson before him